In other news: Former ESPN sportscaster ejected from RV crash and survives; Samsung to feature more AI into its Galaxy phones

Published 12:00 am Friday, January 19, 2024

By The Associated Press

Former ESPN sportscaster ejected from RV crash onto busy Southern California freeway and survives

Former ESPN sportscaster Cordell Patrick was ejected from an RV during a Southern California freeway crash this week and suffered multiple broken bones. Cordell described Monday’s crash in hospital interviews with Los Angeles-area TV stations. The crash happened Monday on California State Route 14 as Patrick and his wife were heading home after a camping trip. His wife was driving and Patrick said he just unbuckled his seatbelt to use the restroom when he noticed his wife had dozed off. Before he could grab the wheel, the RV hit a median divider wall and Patrick was thrown out of a window. He says he’s thankful to have survived.

Samsung vies to make AI more mainstream by baking more of the technology into its Galaxy phones

Smartphones could get much smarter this year as the next wave of artificial intelligence seeps into the devices that accompany people almost everywhere they go. Samsung provided a glimpse of how smartphones are evolving during a Wednesday unveiling of the next generation of its flagship Galaxy models. The sales pitch for the Galaxy S24 lineup revolves around an array of new features powered by artificial AI. Besides featuring Samsung’s work in AI, the Galaxy phones will tap into the latest advances in search from Google

Apple to disable blood-oxygen feature on premium watches sold in US as part of patent dispute

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Apple says it will disable a blood-oxygen monitoring feature on its two most popular watches in the U.S. beginning Thursday to comply with a court-ordered revival of a sales ban stemming from a patent dispute. The decision to turn off the blood-oxygen sensor for consumers who buy either the Apple Watch Series 9 or Ultra 2 in the U.S. came after a federal appeals court refused to extend an order that had allowed the watches to remain in stores during a battle over the rights to some of the technology. Watches previously sold in the U.S. will still have the blood oxygen feature.